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Death Watch

Many horses have been killed at New Zealand racetracks in recent years. Jump racing is particularly dangerous for horses. The following is an incomplete list of horses killed at NZ jump races. It does not include horses euthanased on subsequent days following injuries sustained during racing.

2017

NELLS BELLE

9 year-old brown mare. She was killed after falling at a fence and fracturing a bone in her left hind leg.

21 SeptemberJolt Coffee House Open Steeplechase (4100m)Wanganui

KINA WIN

9 year-old chestnut gelding. He was killed after breaking his left front leg.

9 SeptemberIrvines Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m)Auckland

WILBUR

12-year-old brown gelding. He was brought down, fractured his right elbow and was killed.

13 AugustTotal Storage Maiden Steeplechase (3500m)Te Aroha

DELLEUD

8-year-old brown gelding. He fell at the last fence and broke his right hind leg. He was attended to by a vet and killed.

5-year-old brown gelding, who fell at the final hurdle and suffered a broken foreleg. He was killed by a vet.

15 AprilSomerled Hurdle(2900m)South Australia

2016

TWENTYTHIRTYFOUR

6-year-old brown gelding. He was euthanised after he fractured a hind leg.

28 AugustKaiser NZ Open Steeplechase(4200m)Te Aroha

GOOD RISK

8-year-old brown mare. She fell at the second last fence and died from a fatal cardio-vascular 'event'.

21 AugustInfusion Catering Maiden Hurdle(3000m)Wanganui

BUNKERED

7-year-old brown mare. After having trouble jumping the double fence on the second unit near 1300 meters, she was pulled up. She was found to have fractured her off hind stifle (equivalent to human knee), and was euthanised.